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Rodolphe Lameyse, managing director of Vinexpo, and Pascale Ferranti, director of Wine Paris.

Monday May 20 2019

Vinexpo Paris and Wine Paris due to be held together in February 2020

“This is good news for the French wine industry!” said a beaming Pascale Ferranti, director of Wine Paris. Rodolphe Lameyse, managing
Business
Family-run Drouet Cognacs have 40 hectares of vines and sell their brandies at the cellar door and to trading companies

Wednesday May 15 2019

Finishing brandy in whisky casks cost one producer his AOC, but not his desire to experiment

For his new brandy label, winegrower and distiller Patrick Drouet is clearly breaking the Charente mould. His spirit, called Poc'han after (...)
Business
The undeniably bold Art de Vivre bottles are made by a German company from ceramics.

Tuesday May 14 2019

Gérard Bertrand bottles his new brand in a ceramic bottle

Will Gérard Bertrand's ceramic bottle be a major innovation in the wine department? The launch of the ‘Art de vivre’ brand (...)
Wine people
In China,Gérard Colin was a real star. “Our wine emperor” says one of his client.

Thursday May 09 2019

A documentary tribute to Gérard Colin, the pioneer behind China’s vineyards

In China, the tradition of ‘ganbei’ is well established. “We are not in a winery to do ganbei, guys”, says consultant (...)
Business
The couple created their estate in 2015 by buying back fallow land, levelling the ground then planting vines supported by stakes in the northern appellations of Rhone valley.

Tuesday May 07 2019

Rhone winegrowers Julie and Graeme Bott win the AdVini award for the vineyards of the future

Julie Bott from Lyon and Graeme Bott from New Zealand have just won the fourth “Vignerons et Terroirs d'Avenir” competition (...)
Business
The urban development project in Courthezon (Vaucluse).

Friday May 03 2019

Real estate plans jeopardise the future of a Rhone Valley co-operative

“The plans may directly jeopardise the winery’s business”, says Pierre Cohen, director of Cellier des Princes in Courthezon (...)
Industry issues
Within the Council of Europe, France was the only country to advocate retention of this system of managing vineyard growth.

Tuesday April 30 2019

Four producer countries support continued planting authorisations after 2030

2030 is the fateful date set by European legislation for the end of the planting authorisation system. But French appellations have other (...)
Friday April 26 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
“Vinexpo will be smaller than in its boom years due to a strongly competitive environment”, said Vinexpo director Rodolphe Lameyse.

Vinexpo Bordeaux describes itself as an “exhibition focusing on people”

The twentieth Vinexpo show has been compressed, but its organisers are not feeling depressed. With no hall 3 or floating bridge over the lake (...)
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Thursday April 25 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
“The incident will not affect the company's business nor customer service”, said Sovex.

A short circuit sets fire to 3,000 m² of warehousing at Sovex near Bordeaux

On April 16, a tremendous accidental fire broke out in the warehouses of trading company Sovex Grands Châteaux. It didn’t cause any (...)
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Tuesday April 23 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
'We are not, yet, a household name. We launched first to secure publicity for ourselves”, commented Jean-Christophe Meyrou.

En primeur campaign launches with increased prices

Announcing its En Primeur prices before anyone else, Kwok vineyards launched their 2018 vintage one week after its debut presentation. On (...)
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Monday April 22 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
Known as OVS, the Competition Authority's visits and seizure operations are run from the Rue de l'Échelle in Paris.

French wines and spirits the subject of an ongoing anti-competitive investigation

On April 9, the French Competition Authority conducted “unannounced visits and seizures in the wine and spirits sector”, according (...)
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Friday April 19 2019 - Wine people by Vitisphere
A scientific programme with 150 posters from 42 international research centres, combined with oral presentations.

Switzerland prepares to host the 42nd OIV Congress

“Switzerland is pleased to welcome the OIV for the third time in its history”, said Livia Leu Agosti, Swiss Ambassador to France, (...)
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Wednesday April 10 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
After two years of work, the new Palmer & Co Champagne cellar is finally finished.

A brand new 21,300 hl vat room for Palmer & Co

Champagne house Palmer & Co has announced the end of building work and completion of its new cellar in Villers-aux-Noeuds (51), near Reims, (...)
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Friday March 29 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
In 2017, Alliance Bourg changed its strapline from ‘Le Choeur des Bordeaux’ to ‘Ateliers des vins de Bordeaux’.

Alliance Bourg puts two wineries up for sale

"As we have fewer hectares, we have to balance our costs. We are going to sell two wineries: Aubie-Espessas and Lansac, which are no (...)
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Thursday March 28 2019 - Industry issues by Sharon Nagel
Miles Beale, director of the Wine & Spirits Wine Trade Association : 'at that stage, we thought the chances of no-deal were around 5-10%'

UK wine trade braces for a no-deal scenario

British ports could descend into chaos if no agreement is reached on how the United Kingdom is to exit the European Union. As political wrangling (...)
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Thursday March 28 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
Guillaume Ryckwaert, former CEO of Raphaël Michel. His lawyers question the role played by customs in the fraud proceedings.

Raphaël Michel defence lawyers question the impartiality of customs

In another dramatic turn of events in the case of bulk shipper Raphaël Michel, Olivier Morice, the lawyer of the company’s former CEO, (...)
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Tuesday March 26 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
‘Voici mon secret’ and its super/hypermarket version ‘Du neuf en Gascogne’

More and more buyers are looking for lower alcohol wines

At Prowein, many companies were releasing wines with lower alcohol content. “Demand for lower alcohol wines is strong”, said Olivier (...)
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Monday March 25 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
The 2019 ProWein was another successful event, attracting around 61,500 visitors, up 1.6%

ProWein once again ends on a successful note

ProWein has all the ingredients of a classic fairy tale. Once upon a time, in 1994, there was a small European event in Düsseldorf revolving (...)
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Tuesday March 19 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
Vinexpo will be smaller in 2019

Vinexpo Bordeaux’s footprint set to shrink

Will Vinexpo Bordeaux survive the trade fair war? Two months before the event, brought forward from May 13 to 16, it’s all very hush (...)
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Thursday March 14 2019 - Business by Vitisphere
Hervé Berland, manager of Montrose (left), and Vincent Decup, director of winery research and development.

Château Montrose goes green and champions biodiversity

The list is almost endless: a photovoltaic farm (1,700 panels covering 3,000 square metres of roof); geothermal equipment; an independent (...)
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